The hungry needy ego of Darren Lee Floyd

Dreamwife

Oil on paper - 2018

‘Dreamwife’ is the latest version of another image I’ve tilted at a few times. The original image is an extreme close up of the singer from the band ‘Dream Wife’ with every version of the image I’ve painted the image has become more abstracted and I’ve brought the texture of the paint and underlay to the fore.

The painting will be exhibited at Candid Arts Trust, 3-5 Torrens Street, London EC1V 1NQ, from the 7-10 June 2018

Oblivion Black - A post-apocalyptic horror novel

The nuclear apocalypse has decimated humanity. 300 of the ultra rich elite take refuge in a luxury bunker called The Sanctuary. Then the killings begin. Something else is in there.

It always has been.

We begin in 1968. Eccentric billionaire Joseph Jennings seeks a location for a nuclear bunker. His assistant stumbles upon the ideal place - an cavern in Alaska, deep in the mountains.

The cavern has been used by humans before. It is embellished with ancient, eerie paintings of figures surrounding an altar that appears to be worshiping a large dark creature.

Work on the bunker begins. Homes are built, medical facilities developed, water sources tapped, food stored.

The disappearance of a survey team passes almost unnoticed.

Jennings behaviour becomes erratic. He rarely leaves the cavern and is soon obsessed with the cave paintings, convinced that he’s in touch with a creature that he names “Oblivion Black”. Believing that Oblivion Black wants him to find an object called the Totem, Jennings disappears, leaving behind his journal. Found by his assistant, the journal soon falls into the hands of Rodachenko, another Jennings employee.

50 years later and The Sanctuary has been transformed into an exclusive retreat for the world’s wealthiest. Danny Keins – an entrepreneur – buys an apartment there but soon tires of his latest trinket.

But war looms. Seeking an escape, Danny flees to The Sanctuary, which is soon in lock down as residents watch the nuclear apocalypse unfold.

Then the killings begin.

Anoraks - A geek web sitcom

Anoraks is a web series I created. It’s about the adventures of three geeks in the world of SF fandom, and yes, it comes from personal experience.

I write each episode with the director Ed Sinclair. The series stars Brian Smith as Rob, Andreas Consatntinou as Mike and Sarah Bennington as Kim.

We filmed the first series in 2016 - 2017 and began filming the second series after a successful crowd funding campaign.

I'll take a shot at whatever you've got

Oil on paper - 2018

I love being caught up in the moment and the fleeting moment at a gig. ‘I’ll take a shot…’ is an older image we’ve I’ve painted a few times but this time I decided to try and make it more intense by constricting the size, and seeing if I could contain the energy within a tight space. This is my favorite version, it’s punchy and sharp without an inch of flab.

The painting will be exhibited at Candid Arts Trust, 3-5 Torrens Street, London EC1V 1NQ, from the 7-10 June 2018

drop

drop - oil on paper 2017

Uncle

Uncle - oil on paper 2016

Glow redux

oil on paper - 2017

A reworking of a piece I first started three years ago for a solo exhibition I had in London.